First Classical Guitar Kit Build This was my first guitar project. This was built from a serviced LMI kit. The kit included a Robbie O'Brien dvd on building a classical guitar. I followed this dvd, the R. E. Brune Hauser 1937 plans for all of my measurements and also the book classical Guitar making by John S. Bogdanovich. I used the book mainly for infomation on making a solera and a mold. I applied a tradition french polish, including a pumice and shellac pore fill. The guitar came out amazing well, with very good sound. I still use this guitar for my day to day playing.   French Polished Englemann Top   French Polished East Indian Rosewood Back   East Indian Rosewood sides Spanish Cedar Neck   Guitar Label   First task - shaping the headstock Made a solera   Built a removable mold for the solera   Sides in mold with spreaders Glued sides to neck   prepare for end block   Looking like a guitar Scraped inside of rim   Gluing kerflings   Body with kerfling. Note mistake spanish heel flush and kerfling flush with neck. No room for the top Mold opens for neck   Mold mounts in vice   Gluing back braces preparing top braces   top braces   Used radius board to hold small braces while planing gluing fan braces   shaping fan braces   gluing remaining braces End block was too deep   fitting top   gluing in end graft top in solera getting ready to glue on the back.   gluing on back, weight, rubber bands clamps!   went OK but out of alignment with end graft. admiring my work   gluing on top   Gluing on top right after top and bottom glued on.   used colt router to route the binding channel   test fit of the binding and purflings. Note end graph not aligned. Mitered purfling lines   Top bindings and purflings in   gluing back purflings. Used tap and rubberbands to hold bindings tight. Top and back bindings in.   gluing on fret board.   French polished top french polished back and sides   Frets hammered in.   gluing on bridge bridge clamping   Finished guitar!